I have a new yarn base in my possession. I'm dropping everything else to start dyeing it on Monday. I'm so very thrilled with it.
And I'd like your help naming it.
About the yarn - it's DK weight, 100% Superwash Merino, single ply, super soft and squishy. So exciting! It's a single! Singles remind me of handpun yarn. I've been wanting to add a single ply hand-dyed yarn to my shop for a good year now.
But back to the name. I'm all give out! Thinking of baby names! Yarn colorway names! Names for all the cats and dogs that V wants to get! I do a lot of naming. So I would love your input.
I have a naming theme going on for my yarn bases - Southern things - Julep (as in mint), Praline (as in pecan), Muscadine (as in vine). I've also used place names - Navarre is a little town in Florida (where R & I honeymooned) and Philomath is a little town in Georgia. I intend to stay with the Southern theme.
Unique names are best (there are plenty of yarn bases named "magnolia" and "hummingbird"). Place names, food names, pretty names, something else I haven't thought of - all good as long as it feels particularly Southern US.
While I can't promise that I will definitely pick one of your suggestions (though I want to and I very well may), I can promise that I will pick a winner and send that person pictures of the colorways I dye next week before I list them in my shop, let you choose one skein as a prize, and then send it to you (anywhere, worldwide). So you get first dibs! And the first chance to knit with my new yummy yarn base!
So...ideas? Show me what you've got! Just leave a comment before Wednesday, November 16th, at 8pm Eastern and I'll consider it. Thanks so much!
Mmm, looks like buttercream. Not that I need any yarn!
Posted by: sheri | 11 November 2011 at 02:32 PM
Sweet Tea... there is nothing more southern :)
Posted by: Debra | 11 November 2011 at 02:35 PM
The yarn looks gorgeous even undyed :) How about Brier Creek (a tributary of the Savannah River) as a name?
Posted by: SharonR | 11 November 2011 at 02:47 PM
Tara, a la Gone With the Wind!
Posted by: Hannah G | 11 November 2011 at 02:49 PM
This looks so beautiful, so soft and cuddly ! As soon as I saw it I thought "Desire" :) and then I red the rest of the story ..! And went'...like hmmm...
well.... maybe "shelly" or "shells"
or .... "wheat", "oatmeal", sandstone", "mother of pearl", "pearl"(i like this one)
wait...I misunderstood ..! LOL...NAME THE YARN !! I was picking a name for this color ! lol..okay...let me see...
"SUNSHINE" !
Posted by: NORMA FEHR | 11 November 2011 at 02:53 PM
Southern....Sugar pie
Posted by: linda roller | 11 November 2011 at 02:57 PM
My first two thoughts are either Myrtle (after Crape Myrtle trees or the beach) or Buttermilk.
Posted by: Mindy | 11 November 2011 at 03:02 PM
Winter Wonderland
Posted by: Nancy Ferreira Mejia | 11 November 2011 at 03:40 PM
I can't help it and see "whipped cream" when I look at that squishy yummyness! :)
I know that does not go with your "southern" theme, but there you have it! :)
Posted by: spinndiva | 11 November 2011 at 03:41 PM
Oh, that looks delicious. One of the many things I've fallen in love with since moving to the South is the abundance of fresh field peas in summer. I'd never even seen such a thing before. How about Butterbean?
Posted by: Elizabeth | 11 November 2011 at 03:43 PM
Possibly French Quarter is too obvious, but it's pretty.
Posted by: Antonia Markiet | 11 November 2011 at 03:43 PM
Oh, no contest: Honey Pie! Love you Sugar!
Posted by: Auntie Sally K | 11 November 2011 at 03:43 PM
heyyy ! how about "Heart of Palm" !?
Posted by: NORMA FEHR | 11 November 2011 at 03:52 PM
"Siesta Sand" ;)
Posted by: NORMA FEHR | 11 November 2011 at 03:54 PM
"seagrape", "elephang grass", sand spurr",
Posted by: NORMA FEHR | 11 November 2011 at 03:55 PM
Augustina - as in St. Augustine. It's the first thing that came to my mind and makes my heart yearn for one of my favorite places to visit in Florida. The Spanish Fort, the lighthouse, and the oh so addictive Crucial Coffee House - I loves me some St. Augustine.
Posted by: Kelly Coulson | 11 November 2011 at 03:57 PM
How about Persimmon, Jambalaya, or Shoofly? (I was gonna say Sugar Maple, but found some yarns with that name on rav already...)
Posted by: Erin | 11 November 2011 at 04:14 PM
Savannah. We always stopped there on our way down to my grandmother's house and it seems like a city of swimming pools, boiled peanuts and fireworks.
Posted by: Cathy | 11 November 2011 at 04:21 PM
Coquina -- they are the little clams that live right where the waves break; when the waves wash away the sand, they quickly dig right back in. They come in beautiful colors and make a lovely sound as the waves rattle them together.
Posted by: fer | 11 November 2011 at 04:32 PM
Its soft and squishy and warm and snugly...maybe "Comfort Food" or "Southern Comfort". "Smoky Mountains" conveys that earthy, folk appeal I think.
Posted by: Julia | 11 November 2011 at 04:57 PM
Hospitality
Posted by: (((((HUGS))))) sandi | 11 November 2011 at 05:00 PM
OOPS! wrong site~it's private anyway~titus2woman.wordpress.com
Posted by: (((((HUGS))))) sandi | 11 November 2011 at 05:01 PM
Belle
Posted by: (((((HUGS))))) sandi | 11 November 2011 at 05:03 PM
The first thing that came to my mind was Blanche. Reminds me, of course, of the fabulously Southern Golden Girl, and also the character in a Streetcar Named Desire.
Posted by: JB | 11 November 2011 at 05:09 PM
Orleans, or Acadia, or Roanoke.
Posted by: Ursa Hawthorne | 11 November 2011 at 06:21 PM